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MUNICIPAL SERVICES COMMITTEE
June 6, 2005
Minutes
I. CALL TO ORDER
Chair Gene Cerino called the meeting to order at 5:00 PM in Conference Room
No.3, located on the second floor of Auburn City Hall, 25 W. Main Street, Auburn,
WA. Councilmembers included: Chair Gene Cerino, Vice Chair Bill Peloza and
Member Rich Wagner. Staff members present included: Mayor Pete Lewis,
Police Chief Jim Kelly, Fire Chief Russ Vandver, Planning & Community
Development Director Paul Krauss, City Attorney Dan Heid, Finance Director
Shelley Coleman, Public Works Director Dennis Dowdy, and Administrative
Assistant Tamie Bothell.
II. AGENDA MODIFICATIONS
There were no agenda modifications.
III. CONSENT ITEMS
A. Approval of Minutes
1. Minutes of the June 6, 2005 Municipal Services Committee meeting.
Vice Chair Peloza moved and Member Wagner seconded to approve
the Consent Agenda.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 3-0
IV. ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS
A. Ordinances
There were no Ordinances for the Committee's review
B. Resolutions
1. Resolution No. 3862
A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Auburn, Washington,
Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to Execute an Agreement for
Professional Services with Rice Fergus Miller Architecture and
Planning, L.L.P
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The Committee members reviewed and discussed the questions
they had for the Fire Station Relocation Study.
The following recommendations were made to the drafted resolution:
revisions to Exhibit 1 include substituting references to "Agency" with
"City", including the Mayor and Finance Director in the composition
of the building committee as described in Task 2 on page 1 of 3 of
Exhibit A, and changing the mileage reimbursement rate to $0.375
per mile.
Vice Chair Peloza moved and Member Wagner recommended
approval of Resolution No. 3862 as amended.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 3-0
V. INFORMATION/DISCUSSION ITEMS
A. Ordinance 5919 - Leaving Children Unattended in Vehicle with Keys
in the Ignition
The Committee reviewed the drafted changes to this ordinance and
recommended the following changes to the ordinance for clarity. On
page 2, second paragraph and also Section 1, (new section to ACC),
change children under 12 to children under 11. Also, after the word
radio, add or other devices.
The Committee recommended that Ordinance 5919 be forwarded to the
next City Council meeting as amended.
B. Budget Amendment #2
Finance Director Shelley Coleman reviewed the budget amendments
with the Committee members and addressed some of their questions.
The Committee members concurred with the proposed amendments.
C. V-Net Interlocal Agreement
Finance Director Coleman discussed the V-Net agreement. The V-Net
agreement is the Valley Narcotics Task Force, which is a consortium of
the cities of Auburn, Renton, Kent and Tukwila, as well as King County.
V-Net is funded using grants, seized cash and property and donated
services from member jurisdictions. Director Coleman reported that the
Auburn will be the fiscal agent and oversee this fund beginning in July.
The Committee discussed the fact that the Brynne Grant ends June 30,
2005 and therefore, each City will have to evaluate staying in this task
force. The Committee also requested to have a copy of the contracts
provided to them.
D. Amending ACC 10.58.040 relating to Skateboards
Parks and Recreation Director Daryl Faber reported that the Auburn City
Code needed to be amended to remove the use of Skateboards from the
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Les Gove Park Campus paths and sidewalks. This particular park is a
highly used pedestrian path with the library, museum and senior center
campus setting. The Committee recommended that we continue to allow
in-line skating but remove the word coasters from the drafted language.
The Committee recommended that the City Attorney prepare the
Ordinance to go to City Council.
E. Bicycle Regulations
Chair Cerino had requested that the City Attorney's office update Auburn
City Code Chapter 10.56 because it was very outdated. City Attorney
Dan Heid reviewed the changes and there was a discussion on ACC
section 10.56.185 (helmets) and the Committee concurred that this
particular section should remain as is for consistency. The Committee
recommended that the City Attorney prepare the Ordinance to go to City
Council.
F. Grocery Carts
Chair Cerino reported that he was working with Planning and Community
Director Paul Krauss on arranging a meeting with all the grocery stores
managers to discuss enforcement issues. They will also be reviewing
the contracts with Cart Recovery Service.
G. Matrix Update
Item 3P - Assistant Fire Chief Mike Gerber will update the Committee
on the Ambulance Service contract at the June 20, 2005 meeting.
10P - Parks and Recreation Director Daryl Faber updated the
Committee on a few of the proposed projects. They continue to work
with JGM for review of the improvements to the building and niches. He
reported that they are also performing some of the work in-house saving
the City $30,000 a year.
7P & 8P - Director Faber reported that the citizen advisory committee
assigned to work on this project is moving along really well. In fact, they
will have one more meeting and then plan a formal presentation to the
Mayor. He will report again in July.
12P Police Chief Jim Kelly reported that the RFP is ready to go to
approximately 6 to 8 vendors. They plan to have implementation the
last quarter of 2005. He also reported that the City Attorney's office is
reviewing the infraction costs.
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VI.
ADJOURNMENT:
With no further public business, the meeting adjourned at 6:45 p.m.
Approved this ;Ó'µ"'day of June 2005,
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